Architecture and Landscaping
The Dickinson family’s grounds on Main Street consisted of 11 acres of meadow south of the thoroughfare and 3 acres north of the road on which the Homestead and The Evergreens were situated.
The 1.5-acre (0.61 ha) garden was tended by Emily, Lavinia, and their mother, and Emily often sent flowers along with notes to her acquaintances. A large barn stood directly behind the house to shelter the family’s horses, cow, and chickens and provide rooms for the groundskeeper. Linking the two Dickinson houses was a path described by Emily Dickinson as “just wide enough for two who love,” crossing the lawn from the back door of the Homestead to the east piazza of The Evergreens.
In the 1860s, Edward and Austin Dickinson planted a low hemlock hedge that spanned the street frontage of both houses.
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